Improvement in wagon-covers



Wagon-Cover.

Parenkd March 16,1875.

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UNITED STATEs PATENT @Enron EDWARD M. SAUNDERS, OF SAUGUS, ASSIGNOB TOHIMSELF AND EDWARD K. WILSON, OE NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,792, dated March16, 1875; applica* ion tiled January 12, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD M. SAUNDEEs, of Saugus, of the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Wagons or (lovers therefor; and do hereby declare the same to befully described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a longitudinal section, andFig. 2 a transverse section, of a wagon-body with one of my movable andfolding covers. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the cover.

This frame is mainly composed of three or any other suitable number ofbows, A B O, the front one A having hinged to it a hoodbow, D, formed ofthree pieces, a, b a, hinged together, as shown at c c. Each of the mainbows A B C consists of an arched bar, d, and two upright bars, c e,hinged together at ff, the bars e e having mortised feet g g, to receivethe tenons of two posts, E E, there being two of such posts to each ofthe bows A B C. Each of the said posts has a hooked projection, h,extended from it, in manner as represented, to enter a mortise in thetop of the wagon-body F, when the foot of the post is stepped into asimilar mortise, o, made in the iioor of the wagon-body. T he posts E,when arranged at the ends and middle of the body, in manner as shown,serve to support the folding bows. To the two end bows A C the cover G,of water-proof material, is xed at its opposite ends, the hood-post G ofthe cover being also fixed to the bow D. A brace-bar, H, formed in threeparts, t k l, connected by tenons P and mortises q at their ends,extends over and rests on the top of the middle bow B, and abuts againstthe middles of the upper parts of the end bows A O. With such aconstruction of the cover and its supports, the cover with the two endbows and the hood-bow may be easily folded together in a small compass,and upon the posts, the middle bow, and the brace-bar, they beingpreviously withdrawn from their places in the wagon-body and packedtogether, the middle bow being folded previous to being so packed. Thecover and its adj uncts or supporting devices, made and applied asdescribed, can, with little trouble, be set up over the wagon-body ortaken down therefrom and packed together in a small compass, so as to bestored in the space beneath the seat S.

lt will be seen that, by making the' hoodbow in three parts, hingedtogether as described, and pivoting it at its ends to the bow A, made asexplained, not only can the hoodbow be turned up against or toward thebow A, but both can be simultaneouslyfolded lengthwise, to effect thefolding of the cover G. The rear bow, also being folded, will serve likea roll for the cover to be wound on.

I claiml. The hood-bow D, composed of the three parts c b c, hingedtogether and to the uprights e e, in combination with the cover-bow A,composed of the three parts l e e, hinged together, so that when the bowD is turned Vup against the bow A the parts a e ot' both bows may befolded upon the parts b d thereof, as set forth.

2. The uprights or posts E E, provided with the hooked projections L, incombination with the bow A, B, or C, composed of the arch d and the twouprights e e, hinged to said arch, and provided with the sockets g g,all as set forth.

3. In combination with the bows A B C, the top brace H at the crowns ofthe arched parts d d d, all as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD M. SAUNDERS.

Witnesses:

B. H. EDDY,

J. R. Snow.

